and kirk tweeting @us, congress may have passed the fiscal pass but failed to vote for hurricane sandy relief. >> bill: there's no way you can defend that vote. let's say hello to rachel calling from memphis, tennessee. good morning. >> good morning, bill. happy new year. >> bill: happy new year to you. >> caller: the thing is this is like sports, and we just cannot drop the ball. that's the main thing we have to make sure. i'm going to be hit by the payroll tax, but i'm also almost ready to go get my social security, so i have to make sure both sides are covered. so i want to make sure we don't drop the ball until we get all the way to the end of the game. >> bill: good point, rachel. thank you. now let me get back on the political front, where i'm more comfortable than the sports analogy, there's no doubt we're going to be back into ar ar -- armageddon. >> it will be interesting to see what has changed. >> bill: you think president obama will have an advantage going into both of those next two rounds? >> he might. and i really feel like if this fracture in the gop continues and there